Public health is a very value-laden field yet the values are seldom made explicit. In CEPH's criteria for accreditation of schools and programs, the organizational setting is expected to "foster the development of professional public health values, concepts and ethics, as defined by the school or program." Part of the documentation required of a school or program is a "definition of the professional public health values, concepts and ethics to which the school or program is committed and a description of how these are operationalized."
This discussion will focus on how the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago responded to this challenge. The conceptualization of a values statement was central to the school's successful articulation of specific ideals to which the university's academic public health community is committed. The presenter will describe the implementation of an extensive and broadly participatory process through which the school could achieve agreement among diverse constituents about their shared values, and the manner in which the school intends to operationalize its values in its ongoing operations.
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe a process in which various constituents can equally contribute to a shared statement of values. 2. State at least three ways in which a statement of public health values, concepts and ethics may be operationalized in a school or program
Keywords: Accreditation, Professional Training
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.